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Construction of N-body initial data sets in general relativity
Given a collection of N solutions of the (3+1) vacuum Einstein constraint
equations which are asymptotically Euclidean, we show how to construct a new
solution of the constraints which is itself asymptotically Euclidean, and which
contains specified sub-regions of each of the N given solutions. This
generalizes earlier work which handled the time-symmetric case, thus providing
a construction of large classes of initial data for the many body problem in
general relativity
Deformation of Scalar Curvature and Volume
The stationary points of the total scalar curvature functional on the space
of unit volume metrics on a given closed manifold are known to be precisely the
Einstein metrics. One may consider the modified problem of finding stationary
points for the volume functional on the space of metrics whose scalar curvature
is equal to a given constant. In this paper, we localize a condition satisfied
by such stationary points to smooth bounded domains. The condition involves a
generalization of the static equations, and we interpret solutions (and their
boundary values) of this equation variationally. On domains carrying a metric
that does not satisfy the condition, we establish a local deformation theorem
that allows one to achieve simultaneously small prescribed changes of the
scalar curvature and of the volume by a compactly supported variation of the
metric. We apply this result to obtain a localized gluing theorem for constant
scalar curvature metrics in which the total volume is preserved. Finally, we
note that starting from a counterexample of Min-Oo's conjecture such as that of
Brendle-Marques-Neves, counterexamples of arbitrarily large volume and
different topological types can be constructed.Comment: All comments welcome! Published version: Math. Ann. (to appear
Construction of N-body time-symmetric initial data sets in general relativity
Given a collection of N asymptotically Euclidean ends with zero scalar
curvature, we construct a Riemannian manifold with zero scalar curvature and
one asymptotically Euclidean end, whose boundary has a neighborhood isometric
to the disjoint union of a specified collection of sub-regions of the given
ends. An application is the construction of time-symmetric solutions of the
constraint equations which model N-body initial data
On Existence of Static Metric Extensions in General Relativity
Motivated by problems related to quasi-local mass in general relativity, we
study the static metric extension conjecture proposed by R. Bartnik
\cite{Bartnik_energy}. We show that, for any metric on that is
close enough to the Euclidean metric and has reflection invariant boundary
data, there always exists an asymptotically flat and scalar flat {\em static}
metric extension in such that it satisfies Bartnik's
geometric boundary condition \cite{Bartnik_energy} on .Comment: 20 page
Immigration policies in times of crisis a comparative study of the united states and australia
Although they are two very similar net immigration countries, Australia and the US took very different approaches to immigration policy adoption and implementation and to immigration control, in the last two decades of the 20th century. The literature explains these different approaches by invoking the influence of interest groups, human rights initiatives and the reaction of state institutions to public pressure. This paper proposes an alternative explanation for the difference in immigration policy and control: crisis. Crisis, or a sense thereof, is what leads the population to mobilize and to put pressure on the government for more efficient policies and stricter immigration controls. The historical analysis of major immigration policies passed in Australia and the United States in the 1800s and 1990s, reveals that, indeed, wars, social pressures, internal conflicts, and, indeed, a generalized sense of crisis was key to major changes in immigration policy in both countries
Sweatshops, Harm and Exploitation: A Proposal to Operationalise the Model of Structural Injustice
In this article, I firstly discuss the person-affecting view of harm, distinguishing between the liability and the structural models of responsibility, and also explaining why it is unsatisfactory, from a moral point of view, to interpret a given harm as a loss with respect to a diachronic baseline. Then, I take sweatshops as an example and I entertain two further issues that are related to the assessment of harm and that are necessary for operationalising a comprehensive model of responsibility, that takes into account both liability and structural injustice. The first one is how to interpret harm when it is coexistent with a diachronic benefit and/or the parties involved in the social structures leading to harm seek to unload their responsibility by hiding behind a cooperative deadlock. The second one is how far along the chain of actions leading to harm can structural responsibility be extended
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